
This is the README.TXT file for MarkVision for Windows 95.

Refer to the READMEST.TXT for information on the PCL compatible (standard)
printer driver, and the READMEPS.TXT for information on the PostScript
level 2 compatible (FPS2) Driver.

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README.TXT TABLE OF CONTENTS
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- MarkVision for Windows 95 Overview

- Installation

- Disk Contents

- Compatibility and System Requirements

- Network System Requirements

- User Tips and Recommendations

- Problem Determination


This text file provides additional information to help you understand and use
the MarkVision Printer Management Utility for Windows 95.
If you need further technical assistance, contact your point of purchase.


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MARKVISION FOR WINDOWS 95 OVERVIEW
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MarkVision for Windows 95 has the following features:

1) A main MarkVision Printer window that shows much information. 
   It is also very configurable offering several view modes, and columns 
   that you can sort and eliminate (in the details view).

2) Multiple printer windows so that you don't have to keep all your network 
   printers all in one printer window. You can open multiple printer windows
   and have some printers in one window and other printers in another. You 
   can create as many printer windows as you need. You can manually setup 
   these printer windows, or apply filters to a window and let MarkVision 
   select which printers go in which printer window based on the filter you 
   define. Be sure to check out this MarkVision feature!  We think you 
   will find it very useful.

3) A graphical status view of multiple printers. 
   You can open as many views as it is reasonable to see on your
   particular screen. You can then minimize them all and create an icon on the
   Task bar for each printer. You can configure the icon to change or 
   automatically open when an error occurs.

4) The ability to handle more than one network protocol. If you are running 
   more than one network protocol on your Windows 95 workstation, use 
   MarkVision to manage your parallel attached peer-to-peer printers too. This 
   allows you to view and control a printer that is connected to a peer 
   workstation from your workstation using MarkVision!

5) The "Events" history pull down in the Status View allows you to see the
   history of all the error conditions that the printer has encountered.

6) The "Features" view inside the Status View. You can see all 
   this information and more from a single location.

7) The familiar Remote Control Panel, and Job Statistics views too!

8) If you are a network administrator, integration of the network printer 
   utility functions are all here. Each individual Printer or adapter
   icon in the main view has its own individual Network Settings and Adapter
   Settings Views that are integrated with the other popular views. You can
   control how the network is searched for printers by using the Configure 
   pull down in the main MarkVision printer window.


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INSTALLATION METHODS
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There are several ways to install either printer drivers, MarkVision or both.
Online help is available from the SETUP utility. Be sure to use this to 
further explain the SETUP utility's options. There are three main methods 
of starting the installation process:

Method 1) Place MarkVision Disk 1 in drive A:, and select START then RUN 
          then A:\SETUP

        - Select Typical or Custom or Server installation.

        - Select Typical for a local workstation only installation, or
          Peer-to-Peer installation.

        - Select Custom if your printer is connected directly to the network
          by means of the Network Adapter.

        - Select Server if you are the network administrator and want to
          install copies of MarkVision and the printer drivers on a shared
          network drive for subsequent workstation installations. After Server
          installation is complete, workstations on the network can run
          F:\MARKVIS\SETUP, for example, to configure the workstation using 
          one of these methods:
          - Install a local workstation copy of the drivers and
            MarkVision
          - Configure the workstation to run MarkVision from the shared drive 
            location.

        - After the installation of MarkVision, you will see "Add Printer"
          window comes from Windows 95. You can select one of the printer 
          drivers to install or you can skip to.

        - Please note that the PCL drivers that run with MarkVision are 
          marked with (MV). The other PCL drivers are prepared for 
          users who do not wish to use MarkVision. If you use these 
          drivers, you cannot take advantage of the features of MarkVision. 
          However, you will get slightly faster printing speed. 

Method 2) a) Open the Printers Folder
          b) Select the "Add Printer" icon. This will launch the Printer 
             Wizard. 
          c) When prompted to select a manufacturer and product, select "Have 
             Disk" and insert Printers Drivers Disk 1 from this package. 
             You can then select one of the printer drivers to install.
             You can install separately MarkVision only with method 1 later.

             Please note that the PCL drivers that run with MarkVision are 
             marked with (MV). The other PCL drivers are prepared for 
             users who do not wish to use MarkVision. If you use these 
             drivers, you cannot take advantage of the features of MarkVision. 
             However, you will get slightly faster printing speed. 

Method 3) If the printer is locally attached to your workstation, you can let 
          Windows 95's Plug and Play mechanisms work for you to start up the
          Printer Wizard automatically. Follow step c in method 2 above, to 
          install printer drivers.


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DISK CONTENTS
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There are four disks that make up the MarkVision and Drivers package for
Windows 95. Be sure to start with MarkVision Disk 1.

- MarkVision Disk 1 of 3

          You ALWAYS need this disk to install MarkVision.

     * SETUP program to install MarkVision.


- MarkVision Disk 2 of 3

     * MarkVision application files.


- MarkVision Disk 3 of 3

     * MarkVision application files.


- Printer Drivers Disk 1 of 1

          You ALWAYS need this disk to install the PCL or PostScript
          printer driver.
          
     * FJSETUP.INF and LEXPS.INF files for use by the Printer Wizard for all
       printer driver installations.
     * The PCL 5 printer driver READMEST.TXT file.
     * The PostScript printer driver READMEPS.TXT file.


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COMPATIBILITY AND SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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The SETUP Utility is designed and tested to operate on IBM (or 100%-
compatible) personal computers or personal systems with a hard drive.

All the utilities were designed and tested for the Microsoft Windows 95 System 
Version 4.00.950 or greater.


System Requirements:

- To run SETUP, you need at least 1.5 MB of free hard disk space.
  This disk space will be freed when SETUP is complete.

- To install MarkVision for Windows 95, requires approximately 4 MB of
  PC hard disk space.

- To install the PCL 5 driver, you need approximately 1 megabyte of PC
  hard disk space.

- To install the PostScript driver, you need approximately 1 megabyte
  of PC hard disk space.

In order to manage a locally parallel attached printer to a workstation
(including Peer-to-Peer local parallel attached printers) using MarkVision,
the workstation must have an IEEE 1284 compliant parallel port controller and
parallel cable.


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NETWORK SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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You can use MarkVision to control remote printers in two ways:

1) Peer-to-peer shared printers by parallel attached printers to workstations
2) Printers directly attached to the network by the Network Adapter

    - With a NetWare 3.x, or 4.x server (client server environment)
    - Without any servers (point to point environment)


===> Workstation Requirements:

- For parallel-attached Peer-to-Peer shared printers:
  - Microsoft's File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
  - Microsoft's Client for Microsoft Networks
    (NetBEUI or TCP/IP protocol must be bound to both services)

- For The Network Adapter connected printers:
  - Novell's NetWare Client32 (for NetWare 3.x and 4.x) <Recommended>
  - Microsoft's Client for NetWare Networks <Not recommended>
  - Microsoft's IPX/SPX-compatible Client
  - Microsoft's TCP/IP Client
  
    (AppleTalk (EtherTalk) Protocol is currently not supported even 
     though it is possible to check the enable AppleTalk check box 
     in the Advanced Settings menu of the Adapter Settings tab)

===> The Network Adapter Firmware Revision Levels

The minimum firmware revision levels for the Network Adapter is:

- Ethernet-C Network Adapter ... 4.126.1 or greater

NOTE: Be sure to read the Windows 95 section of the "Network Printer
      Utility Guide" that comes with the Network Adapter. You will find 
      an abundance of useful information on using, configuring, and 
      installing your adapter with MarkVision.

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USER TIPS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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- TYPICAL VS. CUSTOM VS. SERVER SETUP

  The Typical Installation method in SETUP should be selected for printers
  that will be connected directly to a PC through a parallel (LPT) port. This
  includes accessing a remote printer that is shared (Peer-to-Peer), yet is
  connected to a workstation through a parallel port. In addition, any
  printer drivers that are installed are installed directly onto the
  workstation running SETUP.

  The Custom Installation method in SETUP should be selected for printers that
  are available by The Network Adapter. Custom Installation allows the
  user or administrator to select the network protocol that needs to be
  installed to enable MarkVision function. You can also install printer
  drivers and local LPT attached printer support.

  The Server Installation method allows the network administrator to place all
  the MarkVision and Driver files onto a shared network drive location for use
  in two ways:

  1) Allow users to run MarkVision from this remote location, thus minimizing
     the amount of workstation hard drive space required to run MarkVision 
     from a workstation.

- OR -

  2) Allow users to install MarkVision and printer drivers to their
     local workstation without using disks. This method makes local
     installation of drivers and/or MarkVision as easy as an "e-mail" note
     informing users where to access the SETUP utility. The users can run 
     SETUP from their workstation without the need for the actual disks.

     Please note that MarkVision allows only 8 characters or less for
     server names, subdirectories, or subfolder names.


- CANNOT ACCESS THE PORT (PORT CONFLICT)

  If you see an error like "There was an error writing to LPT1: for the 
  printer (Printer Name): Cannot access the port. It may by in use by 
  another program. Quit other programs and try printing again" when you 
  use MarkVision for a parallel connected printer, you can resolve the 
  problem by restarting Windows95 after you confirm the printer is turned 
  on and ready.

  It is recommended that the parallel connected printer be turned on and 
  ready to print before starting MarkVision and Windows95.


- MISSING PRINTERS IN MARKVISION

  A "missing" printer (as listed in the "status" column of the details
  display) is a printer that was listed in a previous MarkVision session, but 
  is not found on this session. The first time you start up MarkVision, you 
  will NOT find any "missing" printers. A "missing" printer had to be listed
  at least once on a previous session of MarkVision.

  A printer can be "missing" for several reasons:

  1) The most common reason is that the printer has been turned off. Once the 
     printer is turned back on, and MarkVision is either restarted or a 
     refresh operation is performed, the printer status changes from missing 
     to a known state: like "Ready."

  2) Another reason is that a printer has been replaced with a printer of 
     another manufacturer or type since MarkVision was last invoked.

  Through the Configuration menu, you can elect not to show these missing 
  printers. Another way to delete missing printers is to  select Delete from 
  the (usually Right Mouse Button) pop-up menu.

  Note: When you individually delete missing printers from a MarkVision
        printer window, you exit MarkVision to save this information. 
        Otherwise missing printers unexpectedly return when the MarkVision 
        screen is refreshed.


- DOWNLOADING FONTS/MACROS/DEMOS DOES NOT SUPPORT UNC NAMES

  When selecting paths and/or file names for fonts, macros, overlays, or 
  demos to download to printer FLASH, it is still necessary to use
  conventional 8.3 directory and filename format. This function is shared
  between the printer drivers and MarkVision; so this restriction
  applies regardless of where you access the download utility.

  Note that the download functions are supported only by the PostScript driver.


- INSTALLING PRINTER DRIVERS AFTER A SERVER INSTALLATION

  When you perform a Server Installation, you not only copy all the MarkVision
  files onto the server directory location that you specified, but you also 
  copy both the PCL and PostScript Printer drivers to this same 
  location. For example, if you chose the server directory to be "X:\DRIVERS" 
  both MarkVision and the printer drivers would be installed to this 
  sub-directory or sub-folder.

  When you are ready to install the printer drivers to your local PC, you need
  to remember this network location of "X:\DRIVERS". The Printer Wizard will 
  request this item.

  The Installation Program uses the Printer Wizard to install the
  printer drivers. Also, you can start the Printer Wizard manually by
  selecting the "Add Printer" icon inside the Windows 95 Printers Folder. Be
  sure to select the "Have Disk..."  button when you are shown the list of
  printer manufacturers and their printers from within the Printer Wizard.
  The next dialog "Install From Disk", requires the "X:\DRIVERS" path. This
  path contains the FJSETUP.INF and LEXPS.INF files that the Printer Wizard 
  needs to complete the task of printer driver installation to your 
  workstation.


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PROBLEM DETERMINATION
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- MARKVISION DOES NOT WORK FOR A SERIALLY CONNECTED PRINTER

  MarkVision cannot establish bi-directional communications to a printer
  connected to a serial port of your PC workstation. You need either to
  attach your printer to the LPT port of your PC, or connect directly to
  a LAN by means of The Network Adapter.


- CANNOT PRINT TO THE LOCAL PRINTER WITH MARKVISION

  There are several possibilities why when MarkVision is running, you will
  not be able to print to a local, parallel port connected printer without
  getting Windows Port Device Conflict messages:

  1) The Windows 95 Spooler Settings MUST be set to "Enable bi-directional
     support for this LPT port."  Click on the "Details" tab found in the
     Property Sheet of the printer driver. Click "Spool Settings..."  to check
     the status of the "Enable bi-directional support for this printer" check 
     box. Be sure this setting is selected, or you will not be able to print 
     from a Windows application when MarkVision running.

  2) Also check the "Spool MS-DOS Print Jobs."  This setting can be found by 
     selecting the "Port Settings..."  button in the "Details" tab of the 
     printer driver's Property sheet. Be sure this setting is enabled in order 
     to allow printing from a DOS Prompt or DOS Application with MarkVision 
     running at the same time.

  3) Port Conflicts can be caused if a printer driver that was shipped with 
     your printer has never been installed for this port AND you print 
     through a driver. For example, you installed MarkVision to manage your 
     local printer, but you use an HP printer driver to print to this 
     printer. Even if you intend to print through the HP printer 
     driver, you need to install at least one printer driver that shipped 
     with your printer and configure it for this same LPT port.


- LOCAL PRINTER APPEARS AS NON-BIDIRECTIONAL IN MARKVISION MAIN PRINTER WINDOW

  Some common reasons for this problem:

  1) Your PC's Parallel Port needs to be configured as NORMAL, STANDARD, or 
     placed in COMPATIBILITY mode in your PC's BIOS Setup. EXTENDED, ECP, or 
     other settings  such as this, generally do not work with the Windows 95 
     supplied LPT.VXD driver.

  2) However on some computers, the parallel port mode set to "Standard" 
     will not allow MarkVision to establish bi-directional communications. 
     Then, if these computers have an ECP parallel port mode, change it 
     to ECP mode and retry MarkVision.

  3) Your Parallel Printer Cable is not an IEEE 1284 compliant cable.

  4) Your printer is attached to your PC through a switch box that allows for 
     sharing of your printer with other PCs. Frequently these switch boxes do 
     not "switch" all of the Centronics Parallel signals; therefore the 
     inherent bi-directional capabilities of the cable are lost.


- MARKVISION NOT FINDING ALL NETWORK PRINTERS THROUGH THE IPX CLIENT

  If your computer has more than one network card active at the same time with
  IPX being the only client, it is a known Windows 95 limitation that will
  only allow MarkVision to find printers through only one of these network
  cards.


- LEXSTART APPLICATION ERROR

  If you see an application error when you open MarkVision under an
  environment without Microsoft's client for NetWare Networks, please
  delete or rename LEXNW32.DLL file in Markvis\win95 folder.
  This file escaped deletion when Microsoft's Client for NetWare Networks
  was deleted. The file NETWARE.DRV may also remain in Windows\system 
  folder. It is recommended that this file also be deleted.


- SERVER INSTALLATION OF PRINTER DRIVERS FROM A LAN SERVER PC NOT WORKING

  When the Printer Wizard is launched from SETUP, there is a known problem
  in the Microsoft Printer Wizard that it cannot find the .INF or associated
  printer driver files on a LAN SERVER remote drive. This is unique to
  OS/2 LAN SERVER and is not a problem with any other network protocol.


- DOWNLOADED FONT, DEMO, OR MACRO GOES TO UNEXPECTED PRINTER

  It is possible to associate more than one printer with a network queue,
  so more than one printer appearing in MarkVision may be using the
  same queue. When you select "Download" from the printer's popup menu
  the font, demo, or macro is sent as a print job to the queue. The
  first printer using the queue that finds this job will accept it.
  This may not be the printer selected in MarkVision.

  Note that the download functions are supported only by the PostScript driver.


- COMMUNICATION ERROR AT ADVANCED SETTING

  If you see a communication error when you press the Advanced Setting 
  button in the Adapter Settings tab, please check the Gateway and BOOTP 
  Server addresses are correctly set. If one of them is out of the 
  permitted address range specified by the Netmask, MarkVision will 
  issue this error. Note that all zero value addresses are not permitted. 
  You can set correct addresses by using Remote Control Panel or printer's 
  control panel. In order to use the Remote Control Panel, it will be 
  necessary to refresh the printer from MarkVision.


- COMMUNICATION ERROR WHEN UPDATING NETWORK ADDRESSES

  When you set TCP/IP address, netmask, and/or gateway address with 
  MarkVision, a Communication Error might be displayed. 
  This happens when it takes too much time to update the information 
  on the Network Adapter and a NetWare time-out occurs. 
  The TCP/IP address etc. may have been correctly updated on the 
  Network Adapter even though a Communication Error occurred. To confirm
  whether the update was successful, do the following:
 
    1) From MarkVision's main menu, click on Printer pull-down menu and
       choose Refresh All Printers.
    2) Follow the same procedure as when updating the TCP/IP address. 
    3) When the Adapter Advanced Settings menu is displayed, check to see 
       if the TCP/IP, netmask, and/or gateway addresses have been updated. 


- CANNOT FLASH NETWORK CARD

  If you see a "Flash File Write Error" when you are trying to "Flash 
  Network Card" at the Adapter Setting tab, please check if the "Port 
  Enabled" check box at the NetWare Setting tab is checked. If so, 
  uncheck it and try again.


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Windows and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
PCL is a U.S. registered trademark of the Hewlett-Packard Company.
IBM is registered trademark of the IBM Corporation.
Adobe and PostScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of Adobe 
Systems Incorporated.
AppleTalk and EtherTalk are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered 
in the United States and other countries. 
Novell and NetWare are trademarks of Novell Inc.
Lexmark and MarkVision are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lexmark 
International Inc.


END OF README.TXT
